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Just imagine a perfect world, where the assignments completed by you would speak for themselves, you would be working in friendly teams most of the time with fair-minded workers who would be ever ready to collaborate, effusive with their praise and overflowing with self-effacing humility. Navigate Office Politics In such a scenario you would never ever have to worry about going ahead with self-promotion or feel the need to navigate office politics in order to get your due. All of this is way too good to be found true in the present day working world, in an ideal world it ...

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One fine day you suddenly wake up with a start, and the realization dawns, how did I get to a place I am at the moment. Well, it is pretty easy to drift in life. Universal Law Without you ever realizing it, the fact is your habits determine your future. It is nothing less than a universal law and you cannot avoid it at any cost. You will find that it acts as strongly as gravity in your life. To put it succinctly, you will find the sum of your present life to be deftly wrapped in the choices you ...

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What is the professional culture you find yourself working in at the moment, is it in consonance with international working norms. How many hours do you clock each week, is that constant or varies on an ongoing basis. Professional Life Have you ever paused to ask yourself how is stress impacting your professional as well as personal life, if the impact is negative, to what extent? Do you avail all your paid holidays each year, or just half of them or even less? Work Ethic What is your opinion about taking pride in work ethic? Oftentimes when people consider themselves ...

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Job seekers often find themselves at the receiving end of persuasive advice, doled out to them from time to time and a recurring one happens to be about specializing in a given field in order to bag plum positions. Diverse Skill Set This is indeed great advice, what it omits is the fact that working in many different industries can be a big plus. When you have a varied job experience behind you, it is quite natural for you to have a diverse skill set as well and this in itself renders you more valuable to your employer. Pool of ...

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Did you ever ask yourself this all-important question, what are the secret ingredients that go into the making of an exceptionally successful career? Is your answer on the expected lines, a bit of hard work and some luck thrown in. Important Elements Hopefully, you studied hard and did all the proper things, made the right noises, you may expect to succeed and accomplish your aim with élan. Just ensure that you succeed in your endeavor by ticking all the right boxes. No doubt, all of these are really important elements of success. Caught Your Fancy Kalaripayattu the ancient martial arts was ...

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